Is the bank of St. Vincent and the Grenadines being run by a dictator? The Manager is the sole decision maker at the institution regarding matters relating to staff. The workers at the bank are afraid to speak out regarding issues affecting them, due to fear of being victimized. Any staff movement, decisions regarding uniforms or any decision relating to the staff, are carried out under the sole direction of the Manager . The HR department currently operates like a shell that only exists to carry out the orders of the Managing Director. Quite often staff transfers are based on…
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Representatives from police and defence forces from Eastern Caribbean countries and Barbados have benefitted from a virtual two day course Building Integrity for Senior Leaders funded and delivered by the UK’s Defence Academy. The two-day programme took place 16-17 March in partnership with the Regional Security System (RSS) Headquarters in Barbados. Participants from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines and the RSS Asset Recovery Unit heard about the role of specialism in Finance, Procurement and Human Resources; international best practice; how to mitigate risks of corruption and increase transparency,…
WASHINGTON, March 18, 2021 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved financing of US$150 million for the Jamaica COVID-19 Response and Recovery Development Policy Loan. This quick-disbursing financing helps the government protect the poor and vulnerable, support sustainable business growth and job creation, and strengthen policies and institutions for resilient recovery. “COVID-19 has had widespread socio-economic impacts and affected every Jamaican, especially the most vulnerable. This financing contributes to Jamaica’s efforts to manage the impact of the crisis and move forward towards a resilient recovery. The operation supports the expansion of the country’s social protection programs to benefit…
WASHINGTON, March 18, 2021 – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved today the US$25 million First COVID-19 Response and Recovery Development Policy Credit. This is Dominica’s first World Bank budget support operation, and it is the first in a series of two quick-disbursing credits. The operation aims to support Dominica’s COVID-19 response to save lives, livelihoods, and jobs, while laying the foundation for longer-term economic recovery. It is aligned with the country’s National Resilience Development Strategy and COVID-19 response strategy. “The pandemic has once again highlighted the importance of increasing our country’s resilience. The Government of Dominica is…
Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Sustainable Development and Culture, Hon. Carlos James, has pledged the government’s commitment in the retrieval of elements of the Garifuna culture. Minister James made this announcement while addressing the March 14th annual National Heroes’ Day Wreath Laying Ceremony in honour of this country’s first national hero, The Excellent Paramount Chief Joseph Chatoyer, under the theme “Appreciating Our Identity, Preserving Our Heritage with Pride.” Minister James noted that, the government will commit significant resources towards on-going work to further develop the Chatoyer National Park and has budgeted expenditure towards the research and production of literature on…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines recorded eight (8) new positive cases from two hundred and twenty-eight (228) samples received and processed on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, resulting in a positivity rate of 3.5%. Five (5) of the cases are patients of the Mental Health Rehabilitation Centre who previously tested negative during initial screening on February 27, 2021. Six (6) recoveries were reported bringing the number of total recoveries to fifteen hundred and twelve (1512). One hundred and seventy-one (171) cases remain active and nine (9) persons with COVID-19 have died. One thousand, six hundred and ninety-two (1692) cases of COVID-19…
Locally based athletes will this Saturday 20th March, return to the Diamond Track Facility for another in a series of Development Meets, with the view of making the cut for regional and international Championships. Saturday’s event, set to begin at 9:30am, will cater for competitions in the Under-13, Under-15, Under-17, Under-20 and Open categories. The Under-13 males and females will compete in the 60m, with the females running the 800m and the males the 1000m. Male and female competitors in the Under-15 category will run the 80m. The females will do the 1000m and the males the 1200m. Mixed teams…
Over a million dollars is owed to former employees of LIAT (1974) Ltd., who had been stationed in St. Vincent and the Grenadines up to the time of the airline’s closure court appointed administration. However, there is no legal obligation by this country’s government to pay severance to these former employees of the airline. According to Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, as he responded to a question posed by East Kingstown Parliamentary Representative Fitzgerald Bramble during the March 16 sitting of Parliament,information he received from the court appointed Administrator- Cleveland Seaforth, in response to a January 2021 letter from him,…
Alex Alexander, a 26-year-old minibus conductor who told the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court he committed a burglary because he had nothing to do during the recent minibus strike, was jailed for three years on Wednesday. The Largo Height man had pleaded guilty to entering the house of Kyisha Compton a 27-year-old school teacher, and Zofayah Compton, 20-year-old bartender and stealing cash and other items amounting to thousands of dollars. The items including laptops, computers, jewellery and $5,300 in cash was stolen from Kyisha while Zofayah was releaved of just over $400. Alexander had seized the opportunity to burglarize the home of…
Attorney Grant Connell told the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday that two nationals of Trinidad and Tobago who were facing immigration charges have complained to him that they were beaten by the police. Connell was mitigating on behalf of Carrie Hopson, a lorry delivery man, and fisherman; as well as Korey Clarke, plumber and fisherman both 29, who had both pleaded guilty to entering the state at Owia, by boat and disembarking without the consent of an immigration officer; entering the state by boat without a passport; entering the state at a port other than at a port of entry;…